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HOPE Tips: Ten Tips for Working with Elementary Aged Children with Cochlear Implants
Course Objectives •Participants will be able to identify methods for integrating auditory skill development into classroom activities.
•Participants will be able to recognize approaches that maximize the language learning possibilities in auditory activities.
•Participants will be able to identify areas in which a child’s school community members can become language partners and teachers.
Course Instructor(s)
Ashley S. Garber, M.S. CCC-SLP & Mary Ellen Nevins, Ed.D., HOPE Specialists
The presentors take you through a detailed description of each of their tips. They give the listeners many great ideas you would be able to easily apply to your therapy sessions. They also share a few websites that provide listening opportunities for the older elementary child.
Use age appropriate materials
Utilize classroom content
Plan to target auditory and language goals in each activity
Expand vocabulary
Encourage thinking skills
Develop a monitoring system for speech production
Consider using peer models in therapy
Make use of conversational, non-literal language
Engage “special” teachers
Utilize a push-in service model
Cochlear Implants and Children with Additional Special Needs
HOPE On-line Cochlear Americas
Presenters: Holly Whalen, Au.D., CCC-A & Melissa H. Sweeney, M.S., CCC/SLP, LSLS, Cert. AVT, University of Texas Dallas, Callier Center, Dallas Cochlear Implant Program
This presentation was very informative for the educator working with children with CI's and additional special needs. They included the process of determining candidacy for these children at their local hospital, and the necessary conversation they have with parents on expectations for these children. They also included therapy strategies and additional resources they use to assist them in following the developmental processes for speech, language and auditory skills.
